I listened and she said nothing unusual and I don’t recall anything she said that I disagree with.
Taking advantage of the helpless is frowned on by everything from the bible to the president.
The Ayn Rand type “conservatives” think it’s a good idea. The theory that it at least allows for supply to at least be there are wrong. It causes rebellion, and everyone agrees it is less a crime to take something when you are in self-preservation mode. Even the bible affirms that.
if I were down in Florida and walked up to the counter of some Quick Stop with a case of water and the guy behind the counter said “that will be $30 please”. I would lay a $10 on the counter for the water and walk out with the water and dare him to stop me. Consequences be damned. But, Im betting he wouldn’t attempt to stop me.
Those who refuse to accept the "theories" (such as the peculiar way supply of a commodity magically increases when consumer demand drives prices up) that have been proven time and time again live in a dream world.
Unfortunately, too many deniers of economic reality hold positions in the government or the media. Or churches, even--imagine that.
Their power over the mostly-uneducated population, whether by way of pronouncements, encyclicals or the brute force of the state, is, in most cases, fleeting. Exceptions exist: see Haiti, Brazil, Zimbabwe, the former Soviet Union.
If you were around in 1971, you'll recall that President Nixon had a sure-fire solution to the woes of inflation this country faced: wage and price controls. How'd that work for you? We got that idiot peanut farmer for president partly as a result of Nixon's failed policies, and he was even worse. A malaise. Red flags and green flags. 12% interest rates. Stores running out of peanut butter and toilet paper.
We can only hope those days won't be repeated in this century.
But I wouldn't put any money on it.